HCC - 10/18 - Provision of the LEP Skills and Apprenticeship Portal

Tender description

Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is focused on helping to drive forward sustainable economic growth - with local business, education providers, the third sector and the public sector working together to achieve this. We help to foster the relationships for partnership working to flourish. The LEP has worked with key partners in Hertfordshire to ascertain the need of the Skills & Apprenticeship Information Portal. This will be a key information source Hertfordshire residents and businesses, providing information on career development including apprenticeships and courses on offer. The career routes will be tailored to addressing skill needs where there is a current skills gap in Hertfordshire and will link closely to the key growth sectors. It will have strong links with key stakeholders in the local area including the FE Colleges, the Hertfordshire Growth Hub, apprenticeship providers as well as local businesses. The Contract will run for a 3 year term with the option to extend on an annual basis up to 3 further years. The Tenderer must hold a Cyber essentials certification and must be registered with the ICO as a data controller. This procurement is an Open (one stage process). Suppliers wishing to take part in this project are invited to 'express interest' which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. To be considered as a Bidder you must complete and submit a Bid by the deadline of 12.00 Noon on 26th November 2018 Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above. Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted by the system